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Sydenham Branch | Junior Fiction PICTURE BOOKS Fonta | Reserved |
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| Title Statement | The first Christmas tree: an Innu tale / Ovila Fontaine ; illustrated by Charlotte Parent ; translated by Ann Marie Boulanger. |
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| Author | Fontaine, Ovila |
| Additional Contributors | Parent, Charlotte |
| Boulanger, Ann Marie | |
| Fontaine, Ovila | |
| Publication | Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers,2025. |
| Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
| ISBN | 9781459841802 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr08036498 |
| General Notes | Translation of: Le premier arbre de Noël. |
| Languages | In English.Translated from the French. |
| Summary | "In this illustrated picture book, the Great Manitou searches for the right tree to give the Innu for their first Christmas tree in the cold northern winter. The Great Manitou, wanting to give the Innu people a special tree to brighten their winter, asks all the trees of the North if they would like to be chosen as the first Christmas Tree, but they are all too proud. Only the humble little fir tree, who Manitou had originally overlooked, agrees"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Christmas stories--Juvenile fiction |
| Christmas trees--Juvenile fiction | |
| Manitou (Algonquian deity)--Juvenile fiction | |
| Trees--Juvenile fiction | |
| Winter--Juvenile fiction | |
| Christmas--Juvenile fiction | |
| Innu--Juvenile fiction | |
| By Genre | Christmas fiction |
| Picture books | |
